O Come, O Come Emmanuel
This haunting melody is thought to have originated in France in the 13th century and added to a latin text which dates from a century earlier. The text is based on the biblical prophecy that states that God will give Israel a sign that will be called Immanuel (which literally means ‘ God with us’). [...]
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
The idea behind recording and releasing our new disc of Christmas carols for String Quartet first occurred to us last November as we were preparing music for a forthcoming Christmas concert at our local Church in Cheddington. What I didn’t want to do was to select well known carols and simply harmonise them as I [...]
On Christmas Day in the Morning….
We’ve had a busy couple of weeks sending out copies of our new disc ‘I Saw Three Ships and other Carols’ to magazines, reviewers and radio stations all over the world. We’ve had some really lovely responses and although it’s only the end of September, many classical radio stations are already well prepared with their [...]
Three Ships, Harvest Time and Droplets
With the first of our Christmas String Quartet Concerts fast approaching, we wanted to devote some of yesterdays rehearsal time to playing through the first of the completed Christmas carol arrangements which we’ll be performing. The first concert will be on the 11th of December in St Giles Church, Cheddington and the second will see us [...]
